Mexico, the beaches and secret hiding places Some of the most beautiful places in the Mexican coast, where tourism development does not ruin the view and life proceeds at a pace loose and relaxed.

MEXICO , BEACH HOLIDAYS 2012

by Joseph D'Angelo

June 19, 2012

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Mexico, the beaches and secret hiding places

Some of the most beautiful places in the Mexican coast, where tourism development does not ruin the view and life proceeds at a pace loose and relaxed.

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Puerto Escondido, a paradise for surfers

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The gentle beaches and crystal clear waters of Mexico have attracted travelers for decades. But the southern Pacific coast is the place where you can observe the most relaxing seascapes, just feels the need to tie the hammocks between palm trees, mango trees grow slowly, and visitors strolling on deserted beaches to the sound of waves break.Here things move with calm rhythms: it is the perfect set to pull the plug, learn to surf, or enjoy the last glimmer of sunset from the veranda of a restaurant, while enjoying a menu with a seafood dinner Candlelight. And the best thing about places like this is that, unlike the Mexican tourist mecca that is Cancun, there are hotels of international chains are monstrous to ruin the view.

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The city of Mexico  where you can dream of holidays at sea are all lazy and quiet a collection of golden beaches, hotspot for surfers, hiking bays where dolphins, turtles and whales. It can be a bit 'difficult to get around here, many visitors use as a base airports Oaxaca and Mexico City, then fly on small airports in places such as Puerto Escondido, a surfer's paradise, or Bahías de Huatulco, home ecological resort. These shifts may be complicated and take away some 'time: but the extra effort is amply rewarded by a visit soon asseconderà the powerful natural beauty and lifestyle of those resting places.

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Puerto Escondido  is the "hidden port" that attracts all types of travelers from the world by professional surfboard to those who simply love to walk on the beach, this former fishing village is the best way to begin our journey into the relaxed spirit of the region. It is here that the legendary Mexican Pipeline roars, wave to pro surfers. Do not you feel ready to ride? Tranquilli, Puerto Escondido there are many surf schools for beginners will start on calmer waters. Who does not like schedules and programs can walk on the beaches where the lessons are often improvised at the moment. But whatever your daily activities, the evening will always engage in numerous bars and restaurants with live music and a lively nightlife loose and unpretentious.

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Zipolite, Puerto Angel and Mazunte  are the three cities on the coast with the most languid charm, pale conferred by beaches and a host of bungalows: someone described them as places where one can find the old hippy atmosphere. The music of Bob Marley in the background, the yoga guru who lecture while taking the sun, and small and ramshackle beach bar make this place the perfect destination for relaxation. The beaches are the real implementation of the classic dreams with open eyes, the accommodations are simple wooden structures with thatched roofs, and the menus focus on the catch of the day. All in a landscape decorated with crashing waves, a strong sun, coves between the rocks and lush hills and abundant trees.

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Bahías de Huatulco  is the new tourist development of the Mexican coast, facing those travelers who prefer to sleep between linen sheets rather than on the beach. Situated between a series of sandy bays, nine in all (hence the name of the place) its expansion is taking into account all ecological debates addressed in the past: built structures are separated by stretches of unspoiled coastline and others under federal protection. In comparison with other tourist destinations of Mexico, Huatulco remains a relatively crowded resort area, with a series of scenic beaches lapped by beautiful waters and guarded by dense mangrove forests. The tourist agencies offer these parts from a wide range of entertaining activities, from snorkeling to diving and white water rafting, horseback riding and diving offshore. Those who want to see the coast in all its pristine glory can organize a guided walk to the Parque Nacional Huatulco: 119 square kilometers of lush land, sea and beaches, including the most important coral reefs of Huatulco.

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Huatulco Huracan Carlotta 15 june 2012 JUNE 16, 2012

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The Passing of Hurricane Carlotta

Monday, June 18, 2012

The Passing of Hurricane Carlotta

We have weathered the storm!

Well, we consider ourselves lucky after Hurricane Carlotta rolled through Huatulco this past weekend.

We didn't sustain a direct hit, and unfortunately, the communities of Puerto Angel and Puerto Escondido were hit harder.

The clean up is happening as I write this and Huatulco should be back to normal shortly.

Some of the smaller communities outside of Huatulco were not as lucky as structural damage was more significant, and three lives were lost.  The intense rains brought mud slides and flooding to these smaller areas and the aftermath will be felt for much longer.

We are very thankful for the first class infrastructure in Huatulco, things could have been much worse.

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Hurricane Carlotta dumps torrential rains and kills 3 in Mexico Posted on June 18, 2012

Hurricane Carlotta dumps torrential rains and kills 3 in Mexico

Posted on June 18, 2012 

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June 18, 2012 – MEXICO – Two girls were killed when their house collapsed in southwestern Mexico in a mudslide under heavy rains unleashed by Hurricane Carlotta, local officials said Saturday. The two sisters — aged seven and 13 — died in Oaxaca, after Carlotta made landfall late Friday as a category one storm on the five-point Saffir-Simpson scale, the state institute of Civil Protection said. Officials said the children’s mother was seriously injured in the collapse of her house, made of brittle material and erected in a mountainous area near the Pacific coast. The third person to die in the storm was a 56-year-old woman from the coastal city of San JoseManialtepec, the Oaxaca Attorney General’s Office said. The woman was killed Friday night as she drove from her riverfront house to another dwelling in an effort to find shelter. The woman’s vehicle was knocked over by the storm’s powerful winds, killing her, the AG’s office said, adding that a relative traveling with the victim was not hurt. Elsewhere in Oaxaca’s coastal area, authorities reported minor property damage, including roofs torn off by the force of the winds, falling trees blocking roads, power cuts and small-scale flooding. “The rains were very heavy on Friday, but this morning, there is decreased cloud cover as the storm faded,” a civil protection official said. Carlotta quickly petered out after making landfall just northwest of Puerto Escondido in Oaxaca state, and weakened to a tropical depression earlier Saturday over the mountains of southern Mexico. The Mexican government discontinued all watches and warnings over Carlotta, which was expected to slow down gradually into Sunday, although the storm or its remnants were forecast to remain inland over southern Mexico for the next day or two, according to the Miami-based US National Hurricane Center (NHC). The storm had whipped up large waves, and shipping was halted in the ports of Salina Cruz, Huatulco, Puerto Angel and Puerto Escondido, officials said. In preparation for landfall, Mexican authorities had set up 32 shelters able to hold 2,000 people, while auditoriums and other indoor spaces were readied as a precautionary measure. –Terra Daily

HURRICANE CARLOTTA HITS PUERTO ESCONDIDO Cat 1 storm makes landfall in beach town, dissipates over inland Mexico after causing widespread damage and flooding

HURRICANE CARLOTTA HITS PUERTO ESCONDIDO

Cat 1 storm makes landfall in beach town, dissipates over inland Mexico after causing widespread damage and flooding

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• Hurricane Carlotta hit Puerto on Friday night with winds in the 90mph+ range. Photo: André Portugal
  

Hurricane Carlotta, the third named Pacific storm of the season, briefly saw Category 2 status on Friday before weakening to Cat 1 and plowing almost directly into Puerto Escondido on Friday night with 90mph+ winds.

Local photographer Edwin Morales was in Puerto as the storm hit. Here is his firsthand account:

For starters the whole population of Puerto and the towns nearby were definitely NOT ready for this. The authorities were saying on the local radio it was a tropical storm and not a Category 2 hurricane. So lots of people were not prepared for what we all felt.

I was tracking the storm for about two days before it hit us. A couple of hours before it started, I was able to warn my family and all of our friends. (People here generally don't take things seriously and therefore, no one had the essentials.)

The storm started hitting us around 7pm with strong winds, about 50mph. The winds increased slowly until the eye of the storm was right on top of us and everything stopped. Lots of people thought it was over, but it was far from over.

That was around 8pm. As soon as the eye moved on, the winds finally came on strong, around 90mph, with gusts up to around 120mph. The darkness made things a lot worse, I think. No one could actually see what was going on.

Lots of houses lost their roofs and those inside had to run to find shelter somewhere else. I gave shelter to a family of 10 -- all in one room, hiding till next morning. The windows were whistling like crazy. It was scary. Lots of windows split apart.

Winds lasted until 10pm, I think, and then the rain came. It was maybe not as strong as Hurricane Pauline in '97, but some people think the winds were stronger this time due to the wind direction.

Only a little part of the harbor area has electricity as of Monday morning. Slowly, it's getting fixed and power's being turned on in other areas of town. The area by the Point still has no power or running water. I don't even want to imagine how it is for the little communities far from here where the hurricane blasted them as well.

(Note: two children died when their house was taken by a mudslide nearby, and one 56-year-old woman passed away when the wind flipped her car.)

Saturday morning was really sad and awful to see all kinds of people who had lost everything the night before. Hundreds of trees had fallen all over the town. Dogs were running like crazy, as if they were wild dogs on the streets. All streets were still flooded. I can't even imagine how they were when the rain was at its strongest point on Friday night.

Lifeguards were the first to evaluate all the damage by the beach. All eight towers were completely smashed. At the harbor, there was not a single boat in the water. All boats had to be taken out. Ironically, a restaurant called the Split Coconut was split in half by the only palm tree that fell down in the entire area.

Now there's been lots of helicopters flying the area trying to evaluate all damage in the region and federal resources should be coming in shortly. I feel really bad for the people that lost everything.

The last big hurricane to make landfall here was Pauline in 1997, with winds of 109 mph, killing at least 230 people along the Pacific coast.

Luckily, other surf areas in southern Mexico fared better than Puerto. "In Salina Cruz, so far everything is good," says local surf tour operator Cesar Ramierez. "Lots of rain for five hours on Friday and showers on Saturday and Sunday, but everything is OK."

The Pacific Ocean hurricane season began on May 15 and ends on Nov. 30. Stay tuned to Surfline's Hurricanetrak for up-to-the-minute info on hurricanes around the world.

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MoFRENZ 06/18/2012 04:57 PM

Wow...Gnarley. Im there in 2 weeks. Hope it's all or at least allmost all good by then.

steve rogers 06/18/2012 04:18 PM   * PREMIUM MEMBER - Real Name

bummer,,,,

Charles Williams 06/18/2012 03:23 PM

Looks bad but nothing like Paulina in 97, these bring a community together , condolences to those who lost the homes and bless those that help their neighbors. Suerate

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Drinking tequila while watching Hurricane Carlotta slam the coast of Oaxaca

Zipolite is a mess after Hurricane Carlotta

Zipolite is a mess after Hurricane Carlotta

Hurricane Carlotta hit Zipolite about 5:30 p.m. on Friday afternoon. It slowed down as it approached the coast and we were battered for almost six hours. Today---two days later---Zipolite, Puerto Angel and the surrounding area is still with electricity or running water. There is quite a bit of damage to roofs, roads, trees, etc. Life is very uncomfortable at the moment. Hopefully in a few days or within a week power and water will be restored. 


Here's a video I shot shortly after the hurricane started. I ran to a concrete bathroom to protect myself as things started flying:

p0gue

Jun 17, 2012 6:53 PM
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Thanks for posting those, Im glad there was enough tequila to make it through the storm. How are you uploading videos? Are the roads clear to Pochutla? Cell phone service is still down, it seems. How do things look up and down the beach? How bad is the structural damage? Much salvage and cleanup work happening? Any visible response from the government? I have friends up at Shambhala, did you notice how things fared on that end of the beach and up on the hill? Any other news, pics or videos would be appreciated. There are many people waiting for news from Zipol.

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geriande

Jun 17, 2012 7:04 PM
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There are photos and a 45 minute video posted on the Puerto Escondido forum on www.tomzap.com Damage is horrific...mostly fallen trees, palapa restaurants destroyed (like what happened with Paulina in 1997) The video showed cleanup crews, buzz saws heard in the background. Mexicans being Mexicans they will put it all back together. Still, very sad.

sangroncito

Jun 17, 2012 7:08 PM
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pOgue, I left Zipolite a few hours ago and went to Puerto Escondido because it was just getting too uncomfortable in Zipolite. I was hot, dirty, tired, covered in bites, etc. The road is clear to Pochutla, although all roads are lined with fallen trees. Many beach huts, bars and other structures were damaged. The hurricane ended about midnight and the clean up and salvage started very early the next morning. I hardly saw any sign of the government before, during or after. The local people have pulled together to repair the mess. Shambala was badly hit, perhaps being the most visibly damaged property, with roofs torn off, lots of debris, etc. The news about Zipolite and that area has been very poor, with news stories focusing on larger places up the coast like Puerto Escondido (which also has damage, although it is less noticeable than in Zipo/Puerto Angel. Zipolite and Puerto Angel and that whole coastal area is really suffering without electricity and water. There are so many power lines down I can't imagine it taking any less than a week to restore. Also there's no cel phone reception or internet. Oh....and the massive rainfall brought thousands of singing frogs to life, so on top of all that discomfort it's impossible to sleep with all those frogs singing!

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Existem pequenos pedaços de terra onde o inferno não chega.

sangroncito

Jun 17, 2012 7:31 PM
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Meant to write in first post above that Zipolite and area is WITHOUT electricity and water......I haven's slept in days so excuse the typo.

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p0gue

Jun 17, 2012 9:54 PM
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Thanks, sangroncito. We can be happy no one was injured, I suppose. But that's a big blow to those folks. Im most familiar with the situation at Shambhala, and there, I know, the owner was struggling to stay afloat even before the storm. God knows how they will deal with this. Pauline took years to recover from, and that was when the owner was younger and not suffering from health issues. Even if they can repair, rebuild and replace everything to get up and running, it'll be a while before many tourists show up again.

Here's your chance, vagabond kids! If you've got more time than money, and you are wandering around Mexicolooking for something interesting to do, you can be a part of the reconstruction of Shambhala! Get in touch with those folks (I would say just show up, but that might be a bit premature until more news gets out) and I am pretty sure that you will be well fed, and given a free place to sleep. Learn palm thatch and other interesting construction techniques, help reconstruct one of the oldest still-operating hippy buddhist enclaves in Mexico! I may see you there. We just put up this Facebook page, maybe it'll come in handy.

https://www.facebook.com/shambhalavision

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sangroncito

Jun 18, 2012 5:28 AM
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Great idea, pOgue! The entire area is going to be suffering financially for a while. There's so much damage and so few visitors at the moment. I'm heading back as soon as the electricity is restored.

By the way, there were two casualties on the coast. Two children were killed when their house collapsed on top of them.

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